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TOP READS
The Single Ladies of
Jacaranda Retirement
Village
Joanna Nell
The life of 79-year-old pensioner Peggy Smart
is as beige as the décor in her retirement
village. Her week revolves around aqua
aerobics and appointments with her doctor.
The highlight of Peggy’s day is watching her
neighbour Brian head out for his morning
swim. She dreams of inviting the handsome
widower to an intimate dinner. But why would
an educated man like Brian, look twice at
Peggy? As a woman of a certain age, she
fears she has become invisible, even to men
in their eighties.
But a chance encounter with an old school
friend she hasn’t seen in decades — the
glamorous fashionista Angie Valentine —
sets Peggy on an unexpected journey of
self-discovery.
Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks
Hope Anderson is at a crossroads. At
36, she’s been dating her boyfriend, an
orthopeadic surgeon, for six years. With
no wedding plans in sight, and her father
recently diagnosed with ALS, she decides to
use a week at her family’s cottage in Sunset
Beach, North Carolina, to ready the house
for sale and mull over some difficult decisions
about her future.
Tru Walls has never visited North Carolina,
but is summoned to Sunset Beach by a
letter from a man claiming to be his father. A
safari guide, born and raised in Zimbabwe,
Tru hopes to unravel some of the mysteries
surrounding his mother’s early life.
When the two strangers cross paths, their
connection is electric and unfathomable ... but
in the immersive days that follow, their feelings
for each other will give way to choices that pit
family duty and personal happiness against
each other in devastating ways.
The A–Z of Wonder
Women
Yvonne Lin
Celebrate a whole alphabet of trailblazing,
ground-breaking wonder women from
around the world and through time, from
Ada Lovelace to Zaha Hadid, and every
letter in between.
This book brings incredible women out of
the shadows, celebrates their successes
and acknowledges their achievements.
Certain to empower and inspire women and
girls everywhere.
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